Papers &amp; Preprints

A framework for single and multi-agent human-AI curiosity ecosystems

IE Monosov

arXiv:2607.06214 Preprint

arXiv PDF

Class Unlearning via Depth-Aware Removal of Forget-Specific Directions

A Hatami, R Aalishah, IE Monosov

Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern … Conference

arXiv PDF

Temporal-orbitofrontal pathway regulates choices across physical reward and visual novelty

T Ogasawara, K Xu, AZ Snyder, JS Perlmutter, Z Tu, T Minamimoto, K Inoue, M Takada, IE Monosov

Neuron 114 (7), 1290-1305. e5 Journal

A prefrontal cortex-hypothalamus circuit for heart rate control in non-human primates

K Xu, T Ogasawara, J Yuan, ES Bromberg-Martin, M Yun, SP Errington, AH Stark, T Minamimoto, KI Inoue, H Chen, IE Monosov

bioRxiv Preprint

A dimensional link between gain-loss economic preferences and psychopathology

YY Feng, IE Monosov

bioRxiv Preprint

Why do we seek information about the future? On the origins of subjective value without instrumental value

ES Bromberg-Martin, J Merel, IE Monosov

bioRxiv Preprint

2025

Ventral striatal astrocytes contribute to reinforcement learning

J Pai, F Sogukpinar, K Ogasawara, GJ Smith, FR Fiocchi, Y Dai, Y Wu, MJ Frank, S Ching, F Lucantonio, T Papouin, M Pignatelli, N Hiratani, IE Monosov

bioRxiv Preprint

2024

Arousal effects on oscillatory dynamics in the non-human primate brain

S Anand, F Sogukpinar, IE Monosov

Cerebral Cortex 34 (12), bhae473 Journal

Dorsal raphe neurons integrate the values of reward amount, delay, and uncertainty in multi-attribute decision-making

YY Feng, ES Bromberg-Martin, IE Monosov

Cell Reports 43 (6) Journal

Ethological computational psychiatry: Challenges and opportunities

IE Monosov, J Zimmermann, MJ Frank, MW Mathis, JT Baker

Current Opinion in Neurobiology 86, 102881 Journal

Curiosity: primate neural circuits for novelty and information seeking

IE Monosov

Nature Reviews Neuroscience 25 (3), 195-208 Journal

A neural mechanism for conserved value computations integrating information and rewards

ES Bromberg-Martin, YY Feng, T Ogasawara, JK White, K Zhang, IE Monosov

Nature Neuroscience 27 (1), 159-175 Journal

2023

Dorsal raphe neurons signal integrated value during multi-attribute decision-making

YY Feng, ES Bromberg-Martin, IE Monosov

bioRxiv Preprint

A response to claims of emergent intelligence and sentience in a dish

F Balcı, SB Hamed, T Boraud, S Bouret, TG Brochier, C Brun, JY Cohen, É Coutureau, M Deffains, V Doyère, GG Gregoriou, JA Heimel, BE Kilavik, D Lee, EC Leuthardt, ZF Mainen, MW Mathis, IE Monosov, J Naudé, AL Orsborn, C Padoa‐Schioppa, E Procyk, BL Sabatini, J Sallet, C Sandi, JD Schall, A Soltani, K Svoboda, CRE Wilson, J Zimmermann

Neuron 111 (5), 604-605 Journal

2022

The zona incerta in control of novelty seeking and investigation across species

IE Monosov, T Ogasawara, SN Haber, JA Heimel, M Ahmadlou

Current Opinion in Neurobiology 77, 102650 Journal

Dopamine in the rodent tail of striatum regulates behavioral variability in response to threatening novel objects

J Pai, IE Monosov

Neuron 110 (22), 3653-3655 Journal

Laser stimulation of the skin for quantitative study of decision-making and motivation

J Pai, T Ogasawara, ES Bromberg-Martin, K Ogasawara, RW Gereau, IE Monosov

Cell Reports Methods 2 (9) Journal

Surprise and recency in novelty detection in the primate brain

K Zhang, ES Bromberg-Martin, F Sogukpinar, K Kocher, IE Monosov

Current Biology 32 (10), 2160-2173. e6 Journal

A primate temporal cortex–zona incerta pathway for novelty seeking

T Ogasawara, F Sogukpinar, K Zhang, YY Feng, J Pai, A Jezzini, IE Monosov

Nature Neuroscience 25 (1), 50-60 Journal

Interactions between ventrolateral prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortex during learning and behavioural change

IE Monosov, MFS Rushworth

Neuropsychopharmacology 47 (1), 196-210 Journal

2021

How the value of the environment controls persistence in visual search

M Traner, ES Bromberg-Martin, IE Monosov

PLoS Computational Biology 17 (12), e1009662 Journal

Neural Networks for Information Seeking

J White, ES Bromberg-Martin, SR Heilbronner, K Zhang, J Pai, SN Haber, IE Monosov

Neuropsychopharmacology 46 (SUPPL 1), 40-41 Conference

A prefrontal network integrates preferences for advance information about uncertain rewards and punishments

A Jezzini, ES Bromberg-Martin, LR Trambaiolli, SN Haber, IE Monosov

Neuron 109 (14), 2339-2352. e5 Journal

Neuronal mechanisms of novelty seeking

T Ogasawara, F Sogukpinar, K Zhang, YY Feng, J Pai, A Jezzini, IE Monosov

bioRxiv Preprint

2020

An open resource for non-human primate optogenetics

S Tremblay, L Acker, A Afraz, DL Albaugh, H Amita, AR Andrei, A Angelucci, A Aschner, PF Balan, MA Basso, G Benvenuti, MO Bohlen, MJ Caiola, R Calcedo, J Cavanaugh, Y Chen, SC Chen, MM Chernov, AM Clark, J Dai, SR Debes, KA Deisseroth, R Desimone, V Dragoi, SW Egger, MAG Eldridge, HG El-Nahal, F Fabbrini, F Federer, CR Fetsch, MG Fortuna, RM Friedman, N Fujii, A Gail, A Galván, S Ghosh, MA Gieselmann, RA Gulli, O Hikosaka, EA Hosseini, X Hu, J Hüer, K Inoue, R Janz, M Jazayeri, R Jiang, N Ju, K Kar, C Klein, A Kohn, M Komatsu, K Maeda, J Martínez-Trujillo, M Matsumoto, JHR Maunsell, D Mendoza-Halliday, IE Monosov, RS Muers, L Nurminen, M Ortiz-Rios, DJ O’Shea, S Palfi, CI Petkov, S Pojoga, R Rajalingham, C Ramakrishnan, ED Remington, C Revsine, AW Roe, PN Sabes, RC Saunders, H Scherberger, MC Schmid, W Schultz, E Seidemann, YS Senova, MN Shadlen, DL Sheinberg, CR Siu, Y Smith, SS Solomon, MA Sommer, JL Spudich, WR Stauffer, M Takada, S Tang, A Thiele, S Treue, W Vanduffel, R Vogels, MP Whitmire, T Wichmann, RH Wurtz, H Xu, A Yazdan-Shahmorad, KV Shenoy, JJ DiCarlo, ML Platt

Neuron 108 (6), 1075-1090. e6 Journal

Anterior cingulate cortex and the control of dynamic behavior in primates

IE Monosov, SN Haber, EC Leuthardt, A Jezzini

Current Biology 30 (23), R1442-R1454 Journal

How outcome uncertainty mediates attention, learning, and decision-making

IE Monosov

Trends in Neurosciences 43 (10), 795-809 Journal

Neural circuitry of information seeking

ES Bromberg-Martin, IE Monosov

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 35, 62-70 Journal

2019

A neural network for information seeking

J White, ES Bromberg-Martin, SR Heilbronner, K Zhang, J Pai, SN Haber, IE Monosov

Nature Communications 10 (1), 5168 Journal

Novelty, salience, and surprise timing are signaled by neurons in the basal forebrain

K Zhang, CD Chen, IE Monosov

Current Biology 29 (1), 134-142. e3 Journal

2018

Novelty and surprise-timing are broadcast by the basal forebrain

K Zhang, CD Chen, IE Monosov

bioRxiv Preprint

The basal forebrain regulates global resting-state fMRI fluctuations

JN Turchi, CE Chang, FQ Ye, BE Russ, DK Yu, CR Cortes, IE Monosov, JH Duyn, DA Leopold

Neuron 97 (4), 940-952. e4 Journal

2017

Anterior cingulate is a source of valence-specific information about value and uncertainty

IE Monosov

Nature Communications 8 (1), 134 Journal

2016

Neurons in the primate dorsal striatum signal the uncertainty of object–reward associations

J White, IE Monosov

Nature Communications 7 (1), 12735 Journal

Multiple mechanisms for processing reward uncertainty in the primate basal forebrain

NM Ledbetter, CD Chen, IE Monosov

The Journal of Neuroscience 36 (30), 7852-7864 Journal

2015

Neurons in the primate medial basal forebrain signal combined information about reward uncertainty, value, and punishment anticipation

IE Monosov, DA Leopold, O Hikosaka

The Journal of Neuroscience 35 (19), 7443-7459 Journal

2013

Selective and graded coding of reward uncertainty by neurons in the primate anterodorsal septal region

IE Monosov, O Hikosaka

Nature Neuroscience 16 (6), 756-762 Journal

pyElectrode: an open-source tool using structural MRI for electrode positioning and neuron mapping

PM Daye, IE Monosov, O Hikosaka, DA Leopold, LM Optican

Journal of Neuroscience Methods 213 (1), 123-131 Journal

2012

Optogenetic inactivation modifies monkey visuomotor behavior

J Cavanaugh, IE Monosov, K McAlonan, RLH Berman, MK Smith, VY Cao, KH Wang, ES Boyden, RH Wurtz

Neuron 76 (5), 901-907 Journal

Optogenetics in the macaque thalamus

C Klein, H Evrard, A Power, IE Monosov, E Boyden, N Logothetis, M Schmid

42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2012) Conference

What and where information in the caudate tail guides saccades to visual objects

S Yamamoto, IE Monosov, M Yasuda, O Hikosaka

The Journal of Neuroscience 32 (32), 11005-11016 Journal

Regionally distinct processing of rewards and punishments by the primate ventromedial prefrontal cortex

IE Monosov, O Hikosaka

The Journal of Neuroscience 32 (30), 10318-10330 Journal

2011

The effects of prefrontal cortex inactivation on object responses of single neurons in the inferotemporal cortex during visual search

IE Monosov, DL Sheinberg, KG Thompson

The Journal of Neuroscience 31 (44), 15956-15961 Journal

2010

Paired neuron recordings in the prefrontal and inferotemporal cortices reveal that spatial selection precedes object identification during visual search

IE Monosov, DL Sheinberg, KG Thompson

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (29), 13105-13110 Journal

Primate frontal eye fields mediate spatial attention in covert visual search

IE Monosov

Brown University Journal

2009

Frontal eye field activity enhances object identification during covert visual search

IE Monosov, KG Thompson

Journal of Neurophysiology 102 (6), 3656-3672 Journal